March 2017 Running Challenge
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Accidental double post -__-1
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3/2 - 5.0 miles.
3/3 - Grrr...overslept this morning and have commitments after work. No run. Unwanted rest day!
3/4 - 6.0 miles.
3/5 - 3.1 'mill miles, then upper body weights.
3/6 - Life got in the way. Had to get kids up and going early.
3/7 - WINDY 4.38 miles.
3/8 - 3.45 'mill miles, then upper body weights.
3/9 - 4.8 treadmill miles at Trek class.
3/10 - Unplanned rest day.
3/11 - 4 'mill miles.
3/12 - 7 windy miles. Longest run in 5 months. Plus, negative splits...woot!
3/13 - Another rest day. I am totally slacking.
3/14 - 5.1 treadmill miles at Trek class. Lots of speed/"hill" combo today.
3/15- 3.42 treadmill miles, then upper body weights.
3/16 - 5.05 treadmill miles at Trek class.
3/17 - Bodypump, then 2.25 treadmill miles.
3/18 - 7.3 mile group run.
3/19 - 4.05 hot miles.
3/20 - Rest day.
3/21 - 5.0 miles.
3/22 - 3.4 'mill miles, then upper body weights.
3/23 - 5 treadmill miles at Trek class.
3/24 - 4.7 balmy miles.
3/25 - 3 treadmill miles, 1.2 indoor track sprint intervals, then Les Mills CX Works. Gonna be sore.
3/26 - 7.5 miles.
3/27 - Rest Day
3/28 - 4.5 miles.
3/29 - 5 hot, windy miles in San Diego.
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@autumnblade75 - That. Is. Awesome!! Love It!!
@Elise4270 - I think you need to borrow @autumnblade75's dinosaur costume for your XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run. Only seems fitting!
I hope everyone is staying safe with all the terrible weather going on!6 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@Orphia You should have gotten more than 1000 calories for 30km of running!
I never pay attention to the calories from my watch. As I wrote somewhere above, I always use "distance in km * weight in kg" to figure out the calorie burn. Works for me, and I don't have to worry about software updates or anything.
@_nikkiwolf_ Thanks heaps, that's very helpful. I'll be using that.
You wouldn't also happen to have a calculation for km walked, would you?1 -
patrikc333 wrote: »Has ever happened to you that some shadows or tree trunks looked like people while running? it happens very rarely to me
Me neither, but this morning I thought a shadow was a kangaroo - twice!
Guess that doesn't happen to most of you.
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patrikc333 wrote: »Has ever happened to you that some shadows or tree trunks looked like people while running? it happens very rarely to me
Me neither, but this morning I thought a shadow was a kangaroo - twice!
Guess that doesn't happen to most of you.
More than it should...2 -
patrikc333 wrote: »Has ever happened to you that some shadows or tree trunks looked like people while running? it happens very rarely to me
Me neither, but this morning I thought a shadow was a kangaroo - twice!
Guess that doesn't happen to most of you.
More than it should...
Actual LOL here! @dkabambe
@MNLittleFinn Good to hear from you! Yes, it's very difficult reading about other people running when you can't run. I totally @Elise4270 for hanging with us through her long recovery. Hope everyone who's injured hasn't given up hope.
10.1 km this morning saw me achieve my bonus goal of over 200 km for the month. Woot, Strava badge!7 -
March goal: lose (another)3lbs
3/1 2.54 + core/strength training 30m
3/2 3.20
3/3 5.25
3/4 yoga 45m
3/5 rest
3/6 4.17
3/7 3.55
3/8 4.00
3/9 rest
3/10 2.05 and yoga 30m
3/11 lazy
3/12 3.74
3/13 snorkel 4 hours
3/14 6.38
3/15 snorkel 2 hours
3/16 2.25 + yoga 30min
3/17 4.14
3/18 rest
3/19 3.10
3/20 rest
3/21 3.91
3/22 6.43
3/23 4.00
3/24 2.60 + yoga 30m
3/25 stress day
3/26 4.00
3/27 more stress
3/28 3.25
3/29 3.75
Total: 72.32
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
Completed and upcoming races:
Run through the solar system Virtual 10k: 3/14
Big Island International Marathon (---just doing the 5k) 3/19
Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
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penultimate day ... almost Christmas again ... time flies
30/03 - Caveman workout - 3 mile Interval, Shoulders & Core
Completed
• 11/03 - 10K Run The Solar System (thanks for the tip) - 52:01
• 12/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 1 ) - 1:54:02
• 25/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 2 ) - 1:53:53
Coming up:
• 01/05 - Milton Keynes HM
• 18/06 - Run-Bedford-Run - 10K
• 02/09 - Bedford HM
• 24/09 - Windsor HM3 -
Even though my calf feeling a lot better this morning, it's definitely not 100% and I now have slight discomfort in the shin. I imagine that's probably just from overcompensating whilst limping around yesterday! Anyway, I'm not going to even try running on it today to give it every chance to recover, and have put on compression sleeves for the day as will probably involve a fair amount of walking. Not sure whether I'll attempt a 10k tomorrow just to hit my target - any continuing discomfort and I'll leave it even though it's annoying to be so close!
After sleeping on it I've come to the decision I'm going to DNS my May marathon, (hopefully can defer - will write to organiser later). This is as much, if not more, for my mental health as my physical health. With such a short time to finish training and a few (minor) layoffs recently, I am left with no slack in my plan. As such I'm going to be constantly stressing/worrying about getting the runs in and how prepared I am. I obviously also run the risk of more serious injury. Given my history of anxiety and depression, all of above not worth the risk given I'm finally getting to a decent place after 3 years of struggle. If I did end up pushing on and then having a worse injury and being forced to cancel my marathon last minute I suspect that would tip me back into a dark place.
In addition to all that, I *really* enjoyed my first HM recently, so would definitely like to try a few more of those. I know I can do the distance, and would like to see how much I can improve if I focus on it. It's obviously also much more manageable from a time point of view.
I still like the idea of doing a marathon, so will continue to try increasing my long runs, but at least I can do it slowly. I may look at an autumn marathon, but more likely spring 2018. In addition, I've just started doing some work for a small charity who have guaranteed places for the London Marathon each year, which I think would be amazing to do so sure I could use them to get in next year!7 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@Orphia You should have gotten more than 1000 calories for 30km of running!
I never pay attention to the calories from my watch. As I wrote somewhere above, I always use "distance in km * weight in kg" to figure out the calorie burn. Works for me, and I don't have to worry about software updates or anything.
@_nikkiwolf_ Thanks heaps, that's very helpful. I'll be using that.
You wouldn't also happen to have a calculation for km walked, would you?2 -
Saddle sore much better today. I could tell it was getting infected so stopped by a minute clinic and got antibiotics and overnight it went way down. (Yeah, that was fun - can you check out my....?) I hate taking antibiotics for something like this but last time I let it go too long and had to miss a lot of days running and biking and ended up on them anyway. So I was able to run this morning, knowing if it hurt, I would stop.
@_nikkiwolf_ - had to laugh at your description of running behind the man on the hill with loose shorts. No hills here so I haven't ever had to deal with that.
@iofred - lol, I hadn't even thought of me having to tie my shoes.
3/1 - 3.3 miles
3/2 - 4.1 miles
3/3 - rest day
3/4 - 34 miles biking
3/5 - 28 miles biking
3/6 - 4 miles + strength training
3/7 - 4.5 miles
3/8 - strength training
3/9 - 4.6 miles
3/10 - 4.1 miles
3/11 - 34 miles biking
3/12 - 40 miles biking
3/13 - rest day
3/14 - 5 miles
3/15 - 6.1 miles
3/16 - 3.6 miles
3/17 - strength training
3/18 - 44 miles biking - very fast!
3/19 - 40 miles in the wind - ugh - awful ride
3/20 - rest day
3/21 - 4.5 miles
3/22 - strength training
3/23 - 4.2 miles
3/24 - 4.2 miles + strength training
3/25 - 32 miles biking
3/26 - 63 miles biking
3/27 - rest day
3/28 - 4.5 miles
3/29 - strength training
3/30 - 4.1 miles
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@BeeerRunner Fantastic race report with some epic pics...it all just screams super badass!!!
@autumnblade75 That thing's awesome...I want one!
@_nikkiwolf_ There must be something weird with my setup, but I just have zeros for all my calorie counts in Strava...I see all the other data (elevation etc), just no calorie burn. I'm not too fussed though; I get all the data I need through Garmin Connect.
01 - 13.30
02 - 9.87
03 - 18.13
06 - 13.37
07 - 7.13
08 - 13.37
09 - 10.27
10 - 18.43
13 - 13.34
14 - 10.66
15 - 13.36
16 - 11.63
17 - 13.36
18 - 7.12
20 - 13.36
21 - 12.23
22 - 13.37
23 - 10.26 + 12.19
25 - 3.10
27 - 13.38
28 - 11.57
30 - 11.12
Total: 273.92 / 200 miles4 -
Date Miles today - Miles for March
3/1 5 miles - 5
3/2 10 miles - 15
3/3 3.1 miles - 18.1
3/4 20 miles - 38.1
3/5 REST DAY
3/6 7 miles - 45.1
3/7 7 miles - 52.1
3/8 REST DAY
3/9 7 miles - 59.1
3/10 REST DAY
3/11 14 miles - 73.1
3/12 REST DAY
3/13 10 miles - 83.1
3/14 10 miles - 93.1
3/15 REST DAY
3/16 10 miles - 103.1
3/17 3.1 miles - 106.2
3/18 18 miles - 124.2
3/19 REST DAY
3/20 10 miles - 134.2
3/21 10 miles - 144.2
3/22 6.2 miles - 150.4
3/23 10 miles - 160.4
3/24 3.1 miles - 163.5
3/25 20 miles - 183.5
3/26 REST DAY
3/27 10 miles - 193.5
3/28 10 miles - 203.5
3/28 6.2 miles - 209.7 << Daily Double
3/29 5 miles - 214.7
3/30 10.3 miles - 225
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
Kentucky Derby Marathon - 4/29
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Goal : 60 Mi
Strech goal : 65 Mi
Date Miles. MTD. To Go
3/1 5.0 5.0 55 miles
3/3 3.0 8.0 52 miles
3/5 7.0 15.0 45 miles
3/8 3.6 18.6 41.4 miles
3/11 3.0 21.6 38.4 miles
3/12 2.0 23.6 36.4 miles
3/18 4.0 27.6 32.4 miles
3/22 4.5 32.1 27.9 miles
3/24 7.5 39.6 20.4 miles
3/26 3.0 42.6 17.4 miles
Not going to make goal this month due to weather and family obligations. Looking forward to April to try again. All of my long runs from here out are uncharted territory for me.
March 11- St Malachi 2 miler (partial course preview for Cleveland Half) - DONE 25:36
May 21 - Cleveland Marathon Half
June 10 - Run and Ride Cedar Point 5k
June 11 - Run and Ride Cedar Point Half Marathon (Back up Plan) or Quarter Marathon
September 10 - River Run Half (maybe)
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Good morning Running friends. Rest day today, and I'm not feeling too bad about it. Getting in 3 straight days of running was glorious, and resting today even feels right. One thing I noticed yesterday, both of my calves got a bit sore throughout the day. I think this is caused by 3 things:
1. Yesterday was my longest run in 3 weeks
2. it was my first real speed workout in 2 weeks
3. I was wearing my 4mm drop shoes for the first time in quite a wile.
I've got my comppression sleeves on today, and that seems to be helping. I'll be massaging and stretching my calves throughout the day so, hopefully, I'll be good to go for tomorrow's easy 4 miles.7 -
@_nikkiwolf_ thanks for the tip on cropping! I had looked for that before but didn't find it. With your instructions I was able to take care of it.
@ddmom0811 saddle sores sound immensely painful, glad they're much better!
@orphia, the calculator I posted earlier does cover walking (as well biking, dancing, and many other activities), and is based on speed.
This one is for gross calorie burn (includes what you burned just by being alive)
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn-conversion-calculator.shtml
And this one converts it to net calorie burn (includes only the extra calories from the activity.
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn-conversion-calculator.shtml
It's irritating that they can't put this all on one calculator! There probably is one out there that will do that, but this is the one that I've found that clearly tells you how they arrive at the values, and they use the values from scientific studies.
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3/1 - cross-training - strength training
3/2 - 7 mile general aerobic run (Holy wind Batman!)
3/3 - 8 mile general aerobic run
3/4 - cross-training - zumba
3/5 - 11 mile long run
3/6 - rest
3/7 - 5 mile general aerobic run w/6x :12 sec (gentle) uphills
3/8 - rest - sick
3/9 - 4 miles - still sick
3/10 - cross-training - strength training
3/11 - cross-trainng - zumba
3/12 - 6 mile dreadmill run - only 2 coughing bouts and 3 tissues used
3/13 - cross-training - strength training
3/14 - shoveling
3/15 - 5 mile dreadmill run
3/16 - 7 miles (huzzah, finally a decent distance again!)
3/17 - 8 miles
3/18 - cross-training - zumba
3/19 - 12 mile long run
3/20 - rest
3/21 - 7 mile dreadmill run
3/22 - 8 mile general aerobic run - Holy. Wind. Batman.
3/23 - cross-training - zumba
3/24 - 9 mile weekday endurance run - I may never be warm again: poorly dressed in the rain
3/25 - 4 mile dreadmill run
3/26 - 12 mile long run (1st time ever hitting 40 miles in a week!)
3/27 - rest
3/28 - 8 mile gray, rainy run (but I remembered my waterproof jacket!)
3/29 - 7 mile lunch run/2 mile dreadmill run + cross-training - strength training
3/30 - cross-training - zumba
March Total: 130/145
338 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year
Yesterday's 9 miles, due to time constraints, were split between 7 miles outside at lunch and 2 miles on the dreadmill at the gym before lifting. Had a bus driver give me a nice big smile and thumbs up at lunch, it was quite nice! Lol. Gave me a little burst of energy. Today is a non-running day, and will just have zumba after work, followed by the Thursday tradition of super delicious zucchini fries and a juicy burger at Zinburger with my friend, om nom nom. I'm hungry already, lol.4 -
I've enjoyed reading race reports, seeing dinosaur costumes, and hearing about shadow kangaroos. Sorry to those who are still working through injuries.
I've been in a bit of a slump, and buried under work stress, but decided to take a time out and get a run in this morning with Stella. It wasn't our best run but she did pretty well keeping on task and I felt really good getting out there. I even jogged (with a soft j) up my nemesis trail hill instead of walking it so got my heart rate up there for an extra burn. I think I'm going to come in a bit short of my goal of 95 miles for March. I hit 90 today but I don't see making 5 more tomorrow. I'm closer than I thought though, given the last couple of weeks.
Date :::: Miles :::: March MTD (goal = 95)
03/01/17 :::: 2.3 :::: 2.3
03/02/17 :::: 6.7 :::: 9.0
03/03/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 14.1
03/04/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 17.2
03/05/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 19.9
03/06/17 :::: 4.4 :::: 24.2
03/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.2
03/08/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 26.9
03/09/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 29.5
03/10/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 33.0
03/11/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 35.7
03/12/17 :::: 7.7 :::: 43.4
03/13/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 46.0
03/14/17 :::: 5.0 :::: 51.0
03/15/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 54.4
03/16/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 54.4
03/17/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 54.4
03/18/17 :::: 7.4 :::: 61.8
03/19/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 65.9
03/20/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 68.6
03/21/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 68.6
03/22/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 71.2
03/23/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 73.9
03/24/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 76.5
03/25/17 :::: 6.5 :::: 83.0
03/26/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 83.0
03/27/17 :::: 3.9 :::: 86.9
03/28/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 86.9
03/29/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 86.9
03/30/17 :::: 3.4 :::: 90.2
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Wrapped up March today as I have a scheduled rest day tomorrow. I made the increased mileage this week without feeling beat up, but I do feel ready for tomorrow's rest day.
3/4 - 3 miles
3/5 - 1.5 miles
3/6 - 1.5 miles
3/7 - 1.5 miles
3/8 - 1.5 miles
3/9 - 1.5 miles
3/10 - rest
3/11 - 3 hilly miles
3/12 - 1.5 zippy miles
3/13 - 1.5 hilly miles
3/14 - 3 miles
3/15 - 3 miles
3/16 - 2 miles
3/17 - rest
3/18 - 3 miles
3/19 - 3 miles
3/20 - 3 miles
3/21 - 3miles
3/22 - 3 miles
3/23 - 3 miles
3/24 - rest
3/25 - 10 miles
3/26 - 4 miles
3/27 - 4 miles
3/28 - 4 miles
3/29 - 4 miles
3/30 - 4 miles
3/31 - rest
72.5 of 38 miles total
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I bailed out on my run last night. I hate excuses, but after working through the list of why I shouldn't run the 8 miles I was planning, it seemed the smart thing to do.
Reasons not to run yesterday:- Raining, 40F and falling
- It would have been my 5th day in a row running (normally I run 3 days in a row, max)
- I averaged less than 6 hours sleep for the last few nights (I suck at sleep)
- I ate too much when I got home and had a full stomach (normally I don't give myself any slack for that dumb move, but hey...I'm making a list)
- I had felt a dull ache in both Achilles during the day so they probably needed rest
- My main impetus for running is a silly goal of getting my first 200 mile month.
I'm still going after that 200 mile month. I need 13.6 more miles and I'm going to try to get it all tonight...6 miles during my son's soccer practice, and the rest I drive him home.
In 9 days I have a 16.7 mile trail race. It's a loop with a 4,700 elevation change. That's twice the elevation change per mile than the trails I've been training on. I had considered entering the 50 mile event (3 loops) but as the day gets closer, I'm glad I didn't. I talked to an experienced ultrarunner who has run this a few times and he says the 17 mile loop runs like a marathon and the 50 mile race runs like a 100K. My intent is to run it as a training run, keeping my HR in the middle of Zone 2 as much as possible.10 -
@WhatMeRunning you made an awesome comeback!2
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What a difference a year makes!
I was comparing long runs from this year, last year, and the year before and found the most identical runs from each year I could. 2015 is just over 18 miles, and 2016 and 2017 are just over 20 miles. All on pavement, and relatively flat.
2015: 10:32 pace -> 147 bpm Average HR
2016: 9:26 pace -> 151 bpm Average HR
2017: 9:26 pace -> 139 bpm Average HR
This makes me wonder what my pace would be if I were to push it to 151 bpm this year. Daniel's tables, which have been VERY accurate for me once I built up a good base, predicts a 9:00 pace at 150bpm. After my ultra and recovery, I think I'm going to find out if that's right.
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Only 1 mile today as cool down after weights.
Getting anxious for some races. Got my Peachtree Road Race confirmation the other day, pretty happy about that!
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@_nikkiwolf_ There must be something weird with my setup, but I just have zeros for all my calorie counts in Strava...I see all the other data (elevation etc), just no calorie burn. I'm not too fussed though; I get all the data I need through Garmin Connect.
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Got a mile in at Orangetheory yesterday, and two miles in today. So I completed my goal for the month! I go to Orangetheory tomorrow, so I will have maybe another 1-1.5 to add to the total. I'm glad I made it! I wasn't sure if I would! I'm ready for April, also my birthday month!4
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Before anyone asks, here it is. April's Challenge....
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10535947/april-2017-running-challenge7 -
@_nikkiwolf_ Well look at that...there are all of my calories! Thank you so much; I feel like an idiot now for not even thinking about that, but thank you! Now to answer the earlier question...yeah Strava is definitely overestimating calories: 1516 (Strava) vs 899 (Garmin) for this morning's run. It was 11 miles of very easy running, so even if Strava is showing gross calories as opposed to net, that's still over a 600 calorie difference in less than a couple of hours.1
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